Admin Officer

AO Recruitment Advisor

Start date - May 2026
End date - August - possibility of extension
Rate of pay - £14.24 per hour
Hours of work - 37 hours per week - 4 x 7.5 and 1 x 7
Fixed hours - 7-3, 8-4, 9-5, 10-6
Hybrid working with 60% of the week in the office

GRS offers a single point of contact approach to account management to deliver a department's recruitment needs. As a Recruitment Advisor within the Department, you will work across GRS, using your recruitment knowledge to promote good practice and consistency.

The main responsibilities of this role are to:
- Build and maintain productive working relationships with colleagues and customers, and work collaboratively with others;
- Deal effectively with email and telephone enquiries;
- Progress recruitment campaigns using the in-house e recruitment tracking system or complete the relevant pre employment checks for candidates;
- Assist in the collation of data so that accurate figures can be produced and monitored against the agreed KPIs;
- Comply with relevant recruitment policies and procedures, and be able to advise customers of these;
- Drive continuous improvement within the Department, making suggestions and supporting any relevant implementation.

We are looking for energetic individuals to join the team who share our passion and excitement about the work we do on behalf of the Civil Service and who relish the opportunity to be involved in a growing and evolving team, developing themselves as the team develops. Does this sound like you?

Person specification
We are looking for enthusiastic candidates who have strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to join our organisation in supporting the recruitment process. In our Department, good customer service skills are essential and being a team player is a must, as this is the key to our success.

Working with government departments in a fast paced environment, priorities are ever changing so you must have the ability to work at pace, and have resilience to meet competing demands. You will need to be open to change, and focused on helping us to develop a professional service.

In order to be successful in this role, you will:
- Have a strong customer service ethos;
- Be effective in building and maintaining relationships with colleagues and customers;
- Be able to manage and prioritise your workload to meet changing demands and delivery targets;
- Have a keen attention to detail, and be comfortable learning lots of new information;
- Have strong communication skills (both oral and written)
- Have a strong desire to constantly look for better ways of doing things;
- Be comfortable taking the initiative and capable of working autonomously;
- Have strong IT skills;
- Have a flexible approach and ability to adapt to an evolving industry.

Brook Street is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.

As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.

Should you identify as a candidate with a disability and/or as a veteran or spouse/partner of military personnel and meet all the essential criteria for the role, we encourage you to reach out to us via the Brook Street website. Here you will find a link to register your interest and state the role that you are interested in. We are committed to engaging with you.

In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses/partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, Brook Street will interview the best candidates from within that group.